- Livadiya
Infobox Settlement
settlement_type =
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = UKR
subdivision_type1 =Territory
subdivision_name1 =Crimea
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
official_name = Livadiya
native_name = Лівадія
Ливадия
Livadiya
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subdivision_type2=Region
subdivision_name2 =Yalta municipality
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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Livadiya within the Crimea, Ukraine
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pushpin_map1 =Yalta
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pushpin_map_caption1 =Location of Livadiya
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latd=44 |latm=28 |lats=15 |latNS=N
longd=34 |longm=8 |longs=38 |longEW=E
elevation_m = 30
population_total = 889
population_as_of = 2001
|postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code = 98655, 98656
|area_code=+380-654
website =Livadiya ( _uk. Лівадія, _ru. Ливадия, _cr. Livadiya) is small town in
Crimea ,Ukraine convert|3|km west ofYalta . A minor Crimean Tatar settlement in Middle Ages, Livadiya was named after the ancient Greek entrance into paradise in1835 , when a notable landscape park was laid out here. Livadiya became a summer residence of theRussia ntsars in 1861. EmperorAlexander III of Russia died there in1894 . TheLivadia Palace , built in 1910-11, is now a museum. It was formerly a summer palace of the last Russian Imperial family. In1945 , it served as the meeting place of theYalta Conference and residence ofFranklin Delano Roosevelt during the Conference. Nowadays, Livadiya is known primarily for producing wine and is also a noted healthresort .A
minor planet 3006 Livadia discovered by Soviet astronomerNikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979 is named after the suburb. [ [http://books.google.com/books?hl=ru&q=3006+Livadia+1979 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names - p.247] ]References
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